Coverall



July 3-1, 1945;

COVERALL Filed Dec. 5, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1. FRE-EDMAN July 31, 1945.

cOvERALL 2 sheets-Sheet? Filed Dec. 5 1941 INVENTOR %3/06/ 47 77 Patented July 31, 1945 UNITED COVERALL Israel L. Freedman, Washington, D. C. Application December 5, 1941, Serial No. 421,783

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amendedAprll 30, 1928; 370 0-. G. 757) t 1 Claim.

The invention described herein, if patented,

may be manufactured andused by or for the v Government for'governmental purposes, with-' out the payment .to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to combination outer garments, which are more particularly referred to as coveralls, that are adapted'to beusedby machinists and others engaged in work which necessitates a garment of like construction, to protect them from the grease and dirt with which they ,come in contact while plying their,

trade.

The object of the invention resides in providing an outer garment which will be comfortable to wear and which may be readily adjusted to lit the wearer, according to his height and the length of his legs.

Another object of the invention is to provide i an outer garment in which the trouser portion and waist portion are Joined together at the waistline and further'to provide inside supportit enters between the openings of the garment at the crotch will incapacitate the wearer so that he will need hospital care. This garment, by the use or such a fly closure, prevents the entranc of such a gas, thereby making the garment an unusually important addition .to the soldier's wardrobe, since it can also be'used as a gas protective garment as well as a machimsts arment.

with the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists of features of construction, arrangement and operation of parts which will appearin the specification and be nnally pointed out in the claim.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown, it will be understood that slisht changes in form and minor details of construction may be efiected without departin from the spirit of the invention, herelnaiter more fully described in the speciiication and illustrated in the accom'hw l drawings,

wherein similar characters and references in the several figures indicate identical parts.

Fig. 1 is a front View of the garment embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the front open and the supporting means attached to the rear of the garment at the waistline.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the crotch.

Fig. 4 is a sectional Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-'6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the waist of the garment showing the supporting means.

Fig. 8'is a diagrammatic view of the garment in adjusted position, and

t Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view of the garment before adjustment has been made.

Following the usual procedure of distributing garments in the Army. men who have short legs are sometimes given garments of the type described in which the legs are long or the crotch the legs, since when the garments are laundered they are not returned to the previous wearer but are sent to a general distributing point for distribution, and it is very seldom that the same garment is worn twice by the same man.

This invention was developed in order to remedy this great inconvenience 0n the part or thesoldiers, and a supporting means was. therefore provided whereby the garment can be easily adjusted to any leg length.

As previously stated, another inconvenience caused by the old type of garment was the position in which the crotch of the garment came withrespect to the wearer. If it was too low it would bind the wearer's legs and he would have difliculty in moving, unless he pulled the garment higher when required. As stated, this drawback is also remedied when the legs. are adjusted. since the raising of the trouser portion of the garment not only shortens the leg but brings the crotch into the desired position required by the individual wearer.

This raising of the trouser portion also gives greater fullness in the rear portion of the waist, so that it does not bind on the wearer: back or view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. r

become tightened, pulling on the garment and thus interfering with the wearer's freedom of movement.

For the purpose of illustration there is shown the outer garment l0 having a waist portion H and a trouser portion l2. The trouser portion I2 is formed with legs 13 and an outer waistband having tying ends l4 extending completely around the outside of the garment ID. The waist portion II is divided in the front to form a continuation of the fly of the trouser portion, thus permitting the wearer to easily don the garment or take it off.

The fly of the trouser portion is better shown in Figs. 3 and 6, wherein l5 designates the outside portion of the fiy on the right-hand side of the garment and IS the inside portion. The inside portion IB is an extra piece of material which is attached to the inside of the garment along the entire length of the opening on the right-hand side. The inside portion 16 is provided with buttons I! which are adapted to coact with buttonholes 18 on the left-hand portion IQ of the trouser. V

The outside portion I5 is not provided with buttonholes at the crotch but from the waistline to the neck of the garment buttonholes l8 are provided to form a double closure on the waist portion II, this being more clearly shown in Fig- 5.

Referring more particularly now to Fig. 7, there is shown a support or suspender 20, which is attached to the inside of. the garment at the waistline, and has two elongated straps 2| which extend over the shoulders and down along the inside of the garment to the waistline. These straps 2| are retained in position by loops 22 and when it is desired to raise the crotch 23 and shorten the legs l3 the strap is pulled tight and tied, as shown at 24.

There is provided, therefore, a garment that can be adjusted so that it is comfortable for all types of men, a garment that is gasproof, and one that will easily adjust itself to all the particular uses for which it is intended.

It is thought that since those skilled in the art will readily understand the operation of this garment, it will not be necessary to go into further detail.

Having thus described the invention, what is desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

An outer garment comprising a coat-like waist portion and a trouser portion provided with a fly, a permanent connection between the meeting edges of the waist and trouser portions, 9, single and uncovered buttonhole flap at one side of the fly, an imperforate button-flap on the opposite side of the fly, and an imperforate flap overlapping and (so-extensive with the button-flap and stitched to the top, bottom, and side of the button-flap remote from the free edge of the latter, whereby a pocket is formed for the reception of the buttonhole flap when the garment is in use.

ISRAEL L. FREEDMAN. 

